Apparatus for measuring and recording gage of railway-tracks.



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' ANTON OLEKIEWIOZ, OF VVARSAl/V, RUSSIA.

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND RECORDING GAGE OF RAILWAY-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,813, dated November13, 1900.

Application filed June 12, 1900.

To all whom it fitay concern;

Be it known that I, ANTON OLEKIEWICZ, a subject of the Czar of Russia,residingat Alee Jerosolimskie 70, Warsaw, in the Kingdom of Poland andEmpire of Russia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Measuring and Recording the Gage of Railway-Tracks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device which is attached to a handrailway-car and adapted for measuring the gage of railway-tracks anddetermining whether the position of the rails at any part thereof hasbeen changed from the normal gage and for recording automatically anychange in the gage on a continuously-moving band or tape, so as toproduce a graphic representation of the condition of the track and markat the same time the rails of the track at the points where aconsiderable change of gage has taken place by means of a suitablemarking liquid, so as to permit the quick and convenient finding ofthese places and the readjustment of the rails at these points.

The invention consists of an apparatus for measuring and recording thegage of railwaytracks which comprises a frame which is supported on thefront end of a hand railwaycar and provided with inclined travelingwheels having beveled tires that move along the inside of therail-heads. The traveling wheels are supported in movable frames whichare connected with spring-pressed slide-rods, by which the wheelsarepressed against the rail-heads. The slide-rod of one of the wheels isconnected by suitable gearing with a band or tape unwound from one rolland conducted over guide and tension rolls .to a winding-up roll past amarkingpencil operated by the slide-rod of the opposite wheel, so that acontinuous curve is drawn on the movable band or tape. In connectionwith the winding and guiding rolls are arranged small inking rollers,which transfer lines on the band or tape indicating the normal conditionand permissible deviations of the track.

The apparatus is further provided with a tank containing a suitablemarking color, said tank being provided with tubes the lower ends ofwhich are held in position close Serial No. 20,018. (No model.)

lto the webs of the rails and which are closed by suitable clampingdevices when the gage is normal, but opened by the shifting of the,slide-rods in connection with suitable controlling-springs, so that themarking color is ejected onto the rails wherever the gage of the trackhas been changed beyond its normal width. When the device is not to beused, the inclined traveling wheels can be raised and supported bysuitable hooks, so as to be supported out of contact with the rails,while the entire apparatus can be readily removed from or applied to thefront of the hand-car and supported by suitable fastening bolts orbrackets of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of ahand railway-car, showing my improved apparatus for measuring andrecording the gage of a railway-track arranged at the front end of thesame. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectionalfront elevations drawn on a larger scale and representing, respectively,the left and right hand side of the apparatus. Figs. 5 and 6 are planviews of Figs. 3 and 4. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a plan andavertical transverse section of the marking device drawn on a stilllarger scale, and Figs. 9 and 10 are respecti'vely a side elevation andplan of a modified construction of the device for ejecting the markingcolor onthe webs of the rails at abnormally-changed points of the track.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, a (1 represent inclined wheels which areprovided with beveled tires and which are supported so as to travelalong the inside of the rail-heads, as shown in Fig. 2. The travelingwheels at a are supported in inclined holders 1) b, the

shanks of which are connected at their upper ends by cross-pieces 11 1)with transverse rods 17 19 which are arranged parallel to each otherbetween grooved rolls 0, that are supported in bearings of standards 0',arranged on the supportingframe of the apparatus; The rods b b arearranged in pairs, the rods b being located above the rods as shownclearly in Fig. 8. To one of the upper rods b is attached, by means of asuitable clamping device, a marking-pencil'e,

lower pair of rods 19 support a frame in Which the unwinding-roll f issupported. The paper band or tape 9 is conducted from the rollf overguide-roll h and marking-roll 7c and a second guide-roll ltothewinding-up roll m. The winding-roll m is arranged vertically above theunwinding-rollf, as shown clearly in Fig. 8; The tension roll Z can beadjusted to the marking-roll k by means of a spring Z and set-screw Z soas to press on the same and exert therebya certain tension on the bandortape g. Below the roll it are arranged on a suitable shaft four smallcolorrolls 2' z" i iflwhich are located in a suitable fountainj andwhich form contact with the paper band as the same passes over theroller k, said color-rollers serving to mark on the paper parallel lineswhich indicate the eX- treme limits of permissible deviations of thetrack. The line which is drawn by the roller '11 corresponds to thenormal gage of the track, while the line drawn by the roll 2 in-ldicates the extreme permissible limit of inward deviation and the linedrawn by the roll 2' the extreme outward limit of permissible deviation.The line which is drawn by the roll 2' indicates not only the extremelimit of th (permissible increase'of' gage on curves, bl t serves alsofor recording the length of the track over which the appa ratus has beenpassed. The paper-rolls fand m may be connected in ariyapproved mannerby gears, cords, or ot erwise. The proper movement of the rolls andofthe paperband or tapeg is regulated by the pressure of the.

At one side of theroll Z against the roll 70. I recording device justdescribed is located a cylindrical casing d, in which is arranged ahelical spring 01, which is pressed againsttwopistons d d The piston dis connected by a piston-rod d directly with the rods b so that thepressure of the springd on this piston produces the pressing of thetraveling wheel a," in the holder 1) on the rail-head. The second piston01 is connected by'two draft-rods d with the holder b of the othertraveling wheel a, said draft-rods being'regulated by means of the screwZ, so that'the pressure of the spring will likewise act on thedraft-rods d d is indicated by an indexton a scale 25".

tape 9 from the traveling wheel 0/, 'by means of a worm-gear a mesheswith a bevel-pinion a the shaft of shaft of the bevel-pinion a is keyeda sprocketwheel, which transmits its motion by a sprocket-chainito theshaft of the unwindingpistons 01 01 (Shown in Figs. 2 and 4c. The shaftoof the worm-wheel a 'carries at its opposite end a bevel gear-wheeler,which roll fand from the same to the winding-up roll m ordirectly to thesame. It appears, therefore, that the paper unwinding and winding-upmechanism is only called into action when the wheels or, a are actuallyin operative contact with the rail-heads.

The webs of the rails are marked with a suitable color whenever the gageof the track deviates considerablyfrom the normal gage. For this purposea marking device is used, which consists of a cylindricalcolor-receptacle .70, which is supported on a shelf of the car andconnected by two rubber tubes 0 0 with the rails. The rubber tubes areprovided with stop-cocks n n at the points where they are connected withthe receptacle 0c. The tubes are closed by means of spring-clamps whichare controlled by the spring-actuated For'this purpose the rod d carriesat its elongated end two cross-pieces d, which areprovided with holesfor the guiderods of the clam ping-jaws 0 0 The clampingjaw o pressesagainst a jaw on one of the crosspieces d To the piston d is applied ahollow rod 01 through which the rod d is passed. The hollow rod d?carries a cross-piece d", which is likewise provided with holes for theguide-rods of the clamping-jaws 0 0 and which forms also'the connter-jawfor the jaw 0 On one of the guide rods of the jaw 0 is placed a spring 0which presses .by one end against a screw-nut on the rod and by itsother end against the cross-piece d in such a manner that the jaw o ispressed against the cross-piece d In-like mannera spring 0 is arrangedon one of the guide-rods of the jaw 0 while a spring is located betweenthe screw-nut and the cross-'pieced so that the jaw o is permanentlypressed against the cross-piece (1?. When the piston d is moved, its rodd is moved with the cross-piece d 'in outward direction, so that themarking liquid is permitted to pass through the tube 0, being ejected at'the lower end of the same against the web'of the rail, so that thispoint can be readily found onreturning to that part of the track.

. When a switch has to be passed, the hamdles R are operated,'whichpress by means of the cranks y y'- on the pushers p 19 on the arms 19 sothat'the wheel acan readilypass the switch. The handles R canalso'beused in the same manner forwithdrawing the opposite wheel, so that itclearsthe switch. By this'arrangement it is also possible to prevent therunning of the wheels on another 2 track when the device abut-s againstthe Motion is imparted to the paper band or switch-tongue. V The weightQ, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, serves for the purpose of holding'thetravelingwheela in connectionwith the abutments q or g of the holder bin normal position. Whenit is not necessary to measure and record thegage of the track, the traveling wheelsti aare moved away from therail-' heads-and'hu-ng by means of the levers r r and books 3 s'on theholders 1) 'b."

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and 3 show thefolding legs P PP P of the IIO apparatus, which support itwhen it is romoved from the hand-car. N N N N are hooks in which thelegs P P P P are supported after the apparatus is placed in position onthe brackets M M M M of the handcar. For lifting and carrying theapparatus the handles E E E E are provided at opposite sides of thesame. The front handles E E are provided with clamping screw-nuts F F,which serve for attaching the apparatus to the brackets M M M M of thehand-car. The entire apparatus is inclosed in a wooden boX C, which isprovided at its upper part With detachable covers 0 C 0 so as to permitaccess to the different parts of the apparatus.

In Figs. 9 and 10 are shown in place of the spring d a weight G, whichserves to press, by means of the cord G and movable rollers G and fixedrollers G the two traveling wheels at a against the rail heads. Theguide rods G serve for the purpose of preventing the rocking of theweight G during the movement of the car over the rails.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An apparatus for measuring and recording the gage of railway-tracks,consisting of a pair of traveling Wheels moving along the rails, holdersfor supporting said wheels,sliderods connecting the shanks of saidholders, a spring-actuated mechanism connecting said slide-rods andadapted to press the Wheels firmly against the railheads, a recordingmechanism operated by said wheels for recording the gage of the tracks,substantially as set forth.

2. An apparatus for measuringand recording the gage of railway-tracks,consisting of a pair of traveling Wheels moving along the rails, holdersfor supporting said wheels,sliderods connecting the shanks of saidholders, a spring-actuated mechanism connecting said slide-rods andadapted to press the wheels firmly against the rail-heads, amarking-pencil on one of said slide-rods, a recording mechanism andmotion-transmitting mechanism between one of the traveling wheels andthe recording mechanism for actuating the same and recording the gageofthe track, substantially as set forth.

3. An apparatus for measuring and recording the gage of railway-tracks,consisting of a pairof spring-actuated traveling Wheels, a recordingdevice,a motion-transmitting mechanism between one of the travelingwheels and said recording mechanism, and colorrolls for drawing parallellines on the tape of the recording mechanism, said lines indicating thenormal gage and the extreme limits of permissible deviations from thesame, substantially as set forth.

4. In an apparatus for measuring the gage of railway-tracks, thecombination, with a device for measuring and recording the gage ofrailway-tracks, having wheels traveling on the rail-heads, of a springor weight actuated mechanism by which they are pressed against therails, and a rail-marking device operated by said mechanism when a toogreat deviation from the normal gage occurs, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, of incline traveling wheels, moving along therail-heads, holders for supporting the same, a recording device for thegage of the track, actuated by said wheels, and a lever mechanism forlifting said wheels away from the rail-heads and interrupting theoperation of the recording device when thedevice is to be placed out ofoperation, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a railway handcar, having supporting-brackets,of an apparatus for measuring andrecording the gage of railway-tracks,provided with handles and pivoted legs, and means for supporting saidlegs when the apparatus is attached to the car,or releasing the'samewhen removed there from, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have'signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON OLEKIEWIOZ. [n s]

